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[aminou-46]

Hi everyone. This is my first time posting here, and I have a question that's been confusing me.

In one Motorsport article, Ferrari's exhaust solution is called FTM (Flick Tail Mode). In another Motorsport article, it says Ferrari will drop the STM system and run without Flick Tail Mode.

Are STM and FTM two different systems, or is STM just a typo?

https://lat.motorsport.com/f1/news/ferr ... /10798495/ FTM
https://lat.motorsport.com/f1/news/ferr ... /10838067/ STM

[woocasz]

Ferrari is expected to introduce a more aggressive “Macarena” wing, potentially worth up to 11 km/h more top speed on Spa’s long straights.

via Motorsport IT

[bluechris]

The biggest change for me will be the removal of FTM for Spa. This alone will free the motor. They tested without it in Austria and they gathered the data needed. A better Macarena wing is the icing on the cake since they will go in full low downforce hoping to mitigate their engine deficit to the MB's. Our drivers are not slouches and they can cope with a handy car.

[johnnycesup]

Ferrari is expected to introduce a more aggressive “Macarena” wing, potentially worth up to 11 km/h more top speed on Spa’s long straights.

via Motorsport IT

11kph seems extremely unlikely, the numbers just don't add up

[deadhead]

Even 5 kph sounds unlikely

[bananapeel23]

Ferrari is expected to introduce a more aggressive “Macarena” wing, potentially worth up to 11 km/h more top speed on Spa’s long straights.

via Motorsport IT

11kph seems extremely unlikely, the numbers just don't add up

11 kph above a traditional opening is what I think they mean. That seems unlikely, but not as astonishingly over the top as 11 kph above the normal macarena.

The current macarena wing is said to be worth somewhere between 6 and 8 kph. Pushing that to 11 with a low downforce spec that sacrifices some downforce in order to reduce tip vortices doesn't seem entirely impossible, although I don't actually think it will end up being worth 11 km/h.

[johnnycesup]

Ferrari is expected to introduce a more aggressive “Macarena” wing, potentially worth up to 11 km/h more top speed on Spa’s long straights.

via Motorsport IT

11kph seems extremely unlikely, the numbers just don't add up

11 kph above a traditional opening is what I think they mean. That seems unlikely, but not as astonishingly over the top as 11 kph above the normal macarena.

The current macarena wing is said to be worth somewhere between 6 and 8 kph. Pushing that to 11 with a low downforce spec that sacrifices some downforce in order to reduce tip vortices doesn't seem entirely impossible, although I don't actually think it will end up being worth 11 km/h.

IMO 6 and 8 kph compared to a regular opening is also insane, if it was that much every team would already have one out. A lot more time and money was spent on the previous regs with flexible wings that don't have that big of an impact.

[Seanspeed]

Hi everyone. This is my first time posting here, and I have a question that's been confusing me.

In one Motorsport article, Ferrari's exhaust solution is called FTM (Flick Tail Mode). In another Motorsport article, it says Ferrari will drop the STM system and run without Flick Tail Mode.

Are STM and FTM two different systems, or is STM just a typo?

https://lat.motorsport.com/f1/news/ferr ... /10798495/ FTM
https://lat.motorsport.com/f1/news/ferr ... /10838067/ STM

Almost certainly typo.